Longtime Abot Township Resident Mrs Kennedy dies at 66
Mrs Sophia Kennedy a long time Abot township resident died at her Covington road home Friday at 2 pm from a complication of diseases after about one week of illness. She was 66 years 8 months and 21 days born in Union county Ohio came to Allen county in 1871. She leaves seven sons and a daughter plus four brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be Monday at 10 from the residence with interment at Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Kennedy
Aboit Township
Covington Road
Kennedy
Union County
Ohio
Allen County
Abolt Township
J. R. Kennedy
This City
A. L. Grant Kennedy
Kansas City
Monroe Kennedy
San Francisco
Harland Kennedy
Harris
Cal
Elias and
Edward Kennedy
N. B. Kennedy
Anna White
Michigan
Noah
Caleb Knepper
Aboit
Sylvester Knepper
Conklin
Mich
Louis Knepper
Etna Green
Anna Harris
Bakes Creek
Oakwood Cemetery
Maria Rietdorf
Gottlieb Rietdorf
Gottlieb Streich
South Wayne Avenue
Mary Lenz
Ernst Lenz
Brackenridge Street
Miss Lenz
Fort Wayne
Henry
William
George
Alex Lenz
Etta-Lenz
The
Luther Society of
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ortmann and Rietdorf Victims of Illness and Death in Fort Wayne
Obituaries report the deaths of H W Ortmann Jr after a brief asthma illness at his father's home. Maria Rietdorf from cancer at her daughter's home. Miss Mary Lenz from tuberculosis. and J W Putt at 87. Surviving spouses and children listed, with funeral details and church affiliations where given.
Funeral services for Henry W. Ortman Jr.
Funeral services for Henry W. Ortman Jr. will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from his residence at 926 Columbia Avenue, with Reverend officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W.ortman, Jr
Columbia Avenue
Record A Beautiful Picture Family Record Card
A lavish family record card rests on gold and crimson velvet with spaces for birth dates marriages and deaths. It features two photo spaces for father and mother shaded by blue bells and morning glories and eight spaces for other family members amid floral decor. The scene invites sending inquiries to the Senate Supply Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Supply CO
Funeral arrangements announced for Mrs Frank O'Brien
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank O'Brien will be held Wednesday at 2 PM from Grace Reformed church. Interment at Lindenwood. She was fifty two, born at White's Corners New York, and leaves two sisters Mrs Carrie Gronour of New Haven and Mrs Bessie Faulhaber of Erie Pennsylvania. O'Brien.
Knox Attacks Beg Merger Court Upholds Statute View
The court patiently heard the cases as Mr. Knox argued that railroad contracts and rate agreements violate the law. The judges denied congressional power to apply the law to common carriers and to contracts regulating rates. Eminent figures warned of disaster if the government did not prevail, leading to a careful, interpretive judgment of the statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Congress
Government argues merger destroys competition in interstate rail trade
In a speech, the attorney general asserts that public policy favors competition and that mergers among interstate railroads violate the general law. He cites the trans Missouri and joint traffic rulings and warns that combining rivals restrains commerce and defeats economic health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Trans- Missouri
Congress
Man Acquitted on Intoxication Charge in Skelton Court
Mike Boosaman was acquitted this morning in Justice Skelton's court of intoxication charged by Kaleel Teen, but held to the circuit court on a $100 surety of the peace bond. An affidavit was filed this afternoon charging him with profanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Boosaman
Justice Skelton
Kaleel Teen
General Court
Mike Bosamara
John T. Williams
Calvin Miller
Agnew Baker seeks rescission of Bluffton marriage
In Fort Wayne a complaint filed in superior court by Agnew Baker through attorney Phil B. Colerick seeks to annul her marriage to John Baker. She alleges she was under legal age at marriage, mother’s lack of license consent, fraud in Bluffton Indiana, and fear-driven agreement. She claims Baker abducted and surveilled her, forcing a return to her mother in Fort Wayne amid threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew Baker
Phil B. Colerick
John Baker
Bluffton
Ind
Wells County
Baker
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Agnes Gerber
Gerber
Amanda Edsall
James E. Graham
Clinton and Main
Mossman, Yarnelle & Co
Charles W. Holderman
Barbara Holderman
Union Central
Minnie M. Misbach
Eleanor Maniet
Board of Children’s Guardians
P. B Colerick
Jacob Miabach
Page Fence Company
Barbara Thallen
P. B.colerick
Tenyear separation sought by Elizabeth Harring in circuit court
Elizabeth Harring files for a ten year separation from Seness Harring claiming failure to provide for her and two children. An earlier welfare case shows Harring jailed for sixty days after a Humane Officer affidavit. She cites dissolute influence on her children and the need for support during the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Harring
P. B. Colerick
Seness Harring
Harring
Louis
Alice Waldschmidt
Board of Children’s Guardians
Schlaudroff
Waldschmidt
O’rourke
Woman Awarded $500 in City Damages Suit
Friday a jury in the superior court awarded Mrs. Hannah Kuntz five hundred dollars for injuries from a May wagon accident on Ewing street. The rear wagon wheel dropped into a water filled hole, throwing her from the wagon and injuring her left side and shoulder. An affidavit charged Michael S Boosamon with theft of four wrappers and two dressing sacks from A S Daas & Co. He was arraigned and the case continued to next Friday with a hundred dollar bond. Dispositions included dismissals of suits by Robert C. Dickey against Morris W Stanley and the Fort Wayne Van Wert and Lima traction Co. County commissioners also established ditches in several townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flood & ‘Conklin Company
Fort_ ‘Wayne
Fort Wayne Traction Company
Henry Hirschfelder
Hannah M. Kunts
John FE. Wood
C. W. Halderman
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Wood
Hannah Kuntz
Suerior
Ewing Street
General Court News
Robert C. Dickey
Morris W. Stanley
Fort Wayne, van Wert and Lima Traction Company
Berberick files for divorce in circuit court
David H. Berberick petitions for divorce alleging cruel treatment and repeated accusations of associating with women of doubtful reputation. He and his wife, married December 1881, separated last May and share two children. he seeks custody of both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Berberick
Emrick & Emrick
Tigeney
Farmer Wesley Carpenter Held Asmentally Unfit After Sudden Change
An affidavit filed in Justice Tancey’s court says Wesley Carpenter of Lafayette township is of unsound mind and to be restrained until a mental condition commission can determine his status. He recently displayed dangerous behavior including threatening a neighbor’s wife for $50, and drew a knife while demanding money. He married Mary Cummings last Wednesday. a brother claims the wife was coerced. Carpenter may be confined in the hospital ward of the jail pending commission action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinnen
Deming
Greenewalt
Justice Tancey
Wesley Carpenter
Tancey
Lafayette Township
Carpenter
Mary Cummings
Dolan suit settled against Horton Manufacturing for 150 dollars
In superior court a compromise ended the Dolan death suit brought by Ella A Dolan as administrator for Charles Dolan against Horton Manufacturing and John C Peters. A judgment of 150 dollars was entered for the plaintiff. The death occurred November 21 1899 when Dolan fell into a heated well while repairing an engine injector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella A. Dolan
Charles Dolan
Horton Manufacturing Company
John C. Peters
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Long
Sophia Knepper
Ortmann
H. W. Ortmann, Jr
Henry W. Ortmann, Jr
Clinton Street
Rev. S. Wagenhals
J. W. Putt
Huestis Avenue
Mr. Putt
Pleasant Township
Mary Putt
A. H
John
Sarah Putt
Caroline Blocher
Segur Ave
Toledo, Ohio
Jacob Funk
Capt
J. H. Rehan
Funk
John W. White
Charles Bush
Charles McCulloch
John Mohr, Jr
Ernest W. Cook
W P. Breen
John Morris, Jr
P. J. McDonald
Leonard
Haward White
Robert Kiahhn
A. E. Melching
John ‘Ferguson
Tt. J. Legen
James Liggett
J. B. Grosjean
Charles E. ‘Archer
A. S. Coverdale
H. Pfeiffer
F. M. Smith
Clark Fairbank
C. B. Woodworth
L. Morris
David L. Pettit
George W. Fixley
John Dalman
Marcellus Dupont
Joseph C. Martin
Frank Sarezin
Tonkel Road
St. Joe
Amos J. Young
Circuit Court
Margaret Young
Samuel Lyons
Morris Meyers
Adeline Lewis
Abraham Simbal
Saada Sinbal
Jacobi
Shell
Main
Harrison Streets
J. L. Sievert
Trust. Co
Sale
Dennie
Wayne Township
Auer
Jackson
Driver
Adams
Hellcpeter
Eel River
Witzgall
Lafayette
Michael Tierney
Arthur J. Hollenbacher
Pennsylvania
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